Aristotle Quote by John Daniel

“Greeks did not invent philosophy, philosophy had existed across Latin America, Africa, Arabia, India and China, thousands of years earlier, not as some elitist…

— Abhijit Naskar

“Even after the Hellenistic empire of Alexander’s successors was supplanted by that of the Latin-speaking Romans, the usual linguistic development – the language of…

— Dimitri Gutas

“But the new generation had tasted the wine of philosophy; and from this time onward the rich youth of Rome went eagerly to Athens…

— Will Durant

“The Romans were distinguished for their genius for law-giving and government, the Greeks for philosophy, art, and mental culture generally.”

— James Elliott

“We honor the Greeks because in their art, literature, philosophy and civic history we discern the early stirrings of our own ideals—rationalism, humanism, democracy—which…

— Caroline Alexander

The Greeks, with their truly healthy culture, have once and for all justified philosophy simply by having engaged in it, and having engaged in…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“Greeks did not invent philosophy, philosophy had existed across Latin America, Africa, Arabia, India and China, thousands of years earlier, not as some elitist…

— Abhijit Naskar

“To the Greeks [the Macedonians] were uncouth, semi-civilized barbarians. The Macedonians for their part despised the Greeks as effete, wishy-washy Greeklings. Both regarded the…

— Nicholas Sekunda

“He was not only the last of the great Greek philosophers, he was Europe's first great biologist.”

— Jostein Gaarder

“Did you hear the story of Socrates? He was a philosopher in ancient Greece, so they killed him.”

— Troy DeNuthe

“It was to Greece that the Romans first owed their knowledge of healing, and of art and science generally, but at no time did…

— James Elliott

Greek philosophy departs from the assumption that we can understand the world autonomously using our rational faculties. Islam is not saying this.

— Tariq Ramadan